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The prerequisite for setting the stage for these questions to be asked (and answered) is transparency. Therein lies the problem for most bosses.<p>Readers of my column in management roles will often write to me asking about what they can do to improve their relationships with employees. It's not that …

You need to become omnipresent and top of mind.<p>5 min read<p>Opinions expressed by <i>Entrepreneur</i> contributors are their own.<p>Online marketing has changed a lot over the last few years. The paradigm has shifted, and what worked for you last year won't work for you this year. What got you to this point …

Facebook has been the advertising comfort zone for many businesses. It might be time to get out.<p>Opinions expressed by <i>Entrepreneur</i> contributors are their own.<p>Facebook’s News Feed is very much a moving target these days. In early January, the company tweaked the News Feed to emphasize posts from …

Seth Godin and Fabian Geyrhalter are authors of two books that explain how brands can be bigger than their products<p>Do you drink Evian water because it tastes better, or do you drink it because it is bottled in the Alps in Lake Geneva Switzerland? Do you shop at Tom's shoes because of the quality of …

Find out how to leverage the unique skills of micro-influencers to increase sales.<p>Marketing with micro-influencers has become quite popular in the past year mainly because of their ability to engage. Two separate studies by HelloSociety and Markerlyeven found that influencers with smaller …

Facebook may have rained on your brand page parade, but here's how you can turn the tide back in your favor.<p>When Facebook announced they were overhauling the entire news feed, I was as shocked as the next brand-expert. Brands and publishers were all but banished from the news feed which now will …

The top 3 words, in fact, prompted many more replies than everything else people used.<p>Hey, I think you'll find this useful.<p>How many emails do you send a day? Depending on your job, it could be dozens, thousands, or more. If you're into email marketing it could be in the hundreds of thousands or …

By focusing on a new digital strategy, TUMI broke the mold and tapped into a new source of growth.<p>It may not be widely recognized yet, but digital technology is probably one of the best things to happen to luxury brands in a long time, says a Boston Consulting Group study titled <i>Digital or Die: The</i> …

Shape the conditions that promote teamwork and results.<p>No one person is more important than the whole team.<p>The best teams win together, learn together, adapt together, lose together, and grow together. In high performing teams, their interactions and communications are fluid, relevant, and even …

When times get tough, every team needs someone that can hold everything together.<p>No one wants to be the glue guy. Yet every team needs one.<p>Do you have a "glue guy(gal)" on your team? Do you know what they are? Or, more important, what they do?<p>As a senior in high school on the basketball team, I …

Treat your LinkedIn profile differently than your resume to make a powerful impression.<p>Think about the attention to detail you put into your resume. You know that it needs to inform and impress. It must radiate competence and respectability. The question is -- should you treat your LinkedIn profile …

In this article, we'll go over 9 guides that will help you get up to speed with SEO quickly.<p>If you want to get discovered online, you're going to have to learn SEO basics. Fortunately, there are plenty of resources available that will help you do just that.<p>Some of them are offered by the most …

More often than not when conjuring an image of a butler, people think of Alfred from Batman, or Carson from Downton Abbey — grey-haired, British, and well-mannered. That's not really the case.<p>In the summer of 2005, I was in my early 20s working my way up the Wall Street corporate ladder, having …

Dockless bike-sharing has exploded in just a couple of years, spreading to dozens of Chinese cities seemingly overnight. The incredible growth was fueled by a massive injection of venture capital, creating two startup unicorns in less than two years: Ofo, a three-year old dockless bike sharing …

A Harvard study reveals the power of this one change in business.<p>"Holy shit."<p>$1 million dollars in new sales from one single source. In just 10 months.<p>It was October 2016 when I found out that we hit jackpot.<p>And this golden mine was none other than Yelp, a popular consumer review site.<p>Now, most …

With roughly 800 million active users, Instagram is one of the main players in the social media ecosystem. Generation Z now uses the platform as one of their primary sources of interaction.<p>But, as digital marketers have come to learn, Instagram is far more valuable than an amusing consumer product. …

Running shoes and graphene were made for each other. One is always in search of the latest gimmick and the other has produced some of the most stunning in recent memory. The University of Manchester, long a leading force in research surrounding the one-atom-thick material, has teamed up with …

You can be heard, you can get great responses to your pitch, you can find the right approach -- however -- you'll rarely recover from being annoying.<p>Opinions expressed by <i>Entrepreneur</i> contributors are their own.<p>You've spent an entire year planning your business launch -- from forming an LLC to …

While giving advice might feel good, stepping back and sharing experiences can often be more helpful.<p>Business owners are often looking for advice on strategies, tactics, and key decisions. However, while offering straight up advice might seem like an obvious solution, in the big picture, …

<b>• As the CEO of Amazon and the world's richest man, Jeff Bezos is a busy person.</b><p><b>• However, in an interview with his younger brother Mark, the CEO said he doesn't check his phone constantly.</b><p><b>• That's because Bezos doesn't multitask.</b><p>Jeff Bezos may be CEO of one of the biggest companies in tech, but …